your guide to What's On this holiday.

Press, 7 January 1982, Page 14

your guide to What's On this holiday.

THINGS TO DO Christchurch Cathedral in ' Cathedral Square - Open 9 a.m. i to 4 p.m. 133 steps up the spire for a view of the city and i mountains. ( Boating on the Avon — < Antigua Boatsheds, Cambridge i Terrace. Canoes and boats to s hire 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $1.50 per ' hour per person for canoes. ‘ Hill wafts - From the Sign of the Takahe, Upper Cashmere 1 Hill, to Scott Reserve. Slightly uphill but not too strenuous. Cashmere hills (2T) bus. The Bridle Path Walk starts at Lyttelton from near the Road Tunnel entrance, and goes over the Port Hills to Heathcote Valley. Includes a steep climb. Lyttelton 1 (28) bus. ; Walkways in the Christchurch 1 area include walkways at Godley Head, from Kaiapoi to Pegasus > Bay, and from Methven. In ; Timaru there is a walkway in ■ Centennial Park, and further ■ south' there are walks from Wai- 1 mate and Pareora. Information on guided walks and places to visit on Banks Peninsula is available from the Akaroa Courthouse. For further information contact Department of Lands and Surveys, phone 799-760. Christchurch . Polytechnic — Moorhouse Avenue. Department of Languages and Communication is offering the ninth school of languages from January 6 to January 22. Classes available in Maori, Samoan, Japanese, Spanish, French and German. Classes each day from 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., course fee $2O. Also ' a “business English course” from January 11 to January 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Fee $35. For information phone 798-150. North Brighton Zoo. — 155 Beach Road. North Beach. North Beach (19) bus. Features fish, crocodile, black panther, lion, tiger and monkeys. Open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission 80c adults, 40c children. Provincial Council Chambers — Corner Durham and Armagh Streets, inner city. Guided tours 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sundays. Stone chamber open week-days 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Orana Park - Willows Road, off Harewood Road. Midland bus from Midland depot, 40 Lichfield Street, 1 p.m. daily. Only drivethrough lion enclosure in New Zealand. Also tigers, water buffalo, pelicans, monkeys. and zebras. Open daily from I’D', a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission, $3 ; adults, $1 children.

Queen Elizabeth II Park — Venue of the 1974 Commonwealth Games. Situated at North New Brighton. North Beach (19) bus. It has swimming pools, squash courts, a synthetic all-weather track, and permanent seating for 20,000 spectators. Phone 886-079 for hours of public use.

Sign of the Takahe - Upper Cashmere Hill. Gothic style stone building with sweeping view of Canterbury Plains and Southern Alps. Open daily. Rehua Maori Marae — Only Maori reserve in city, at '79 Springfield Rd. (18) bus.. Embodies each tribal district of New Zealand. Town Hall — Kilmore Street.

phone 68-899. Visitors welcome 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. week-days, 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament — Southern end of Barbadoes Street, 10 minutes walk from Square, or'take (3) bus. Has colonades, galleries, Italian mosaic floor, tapestry and bronzes. One of finest examples of classic revival architecture in Australasia. Open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. University of Canterbury — Visitors may inspect the modern buildings at the new campus between Ilam and Clyde Roads. Riccarton (8) or Airport bus. Tours for groups by arrangement, phone the information officer, 488-489. Willowbank Wildlife Reserve — 60 Hussey Road, off Gardiners Road, off Harewood Road. 15 minutes drive from the Square. Llama, puma, highland cattle, Arapawa goats and sheep, pheasants, Maori village, otters. Open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission, $2 adults, $1 children. Phone 596-226.

Floral clock - Situated in Victoria Street, near the Avon River, the Christchurch Town Hall and Victoria Square.

Bridge of Remembrance — A World War I memorial by the Avon River on Cashel Street.Timeball Station, Lyttelton — A stone fortress-like building dating from 1876, sited at the east side of Lyttelton township, it has timeball mechanism to signal one o’clock for mariners to set their chronometers. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission, $1 adults, 50c children. MUSEUMS Canterbury Museum — Rolleston Avenue at entrance to Botanic Gardens and adjacent to Robert McDougall Art Gallery. Features New Zealand birds, Christchurch street of last century, Hall of Antarctic Discovery, Hall of Oriental Art, Moa hunter era of Maori culture. Planetarium open for public screenings at 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoons. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Phone 68-379. Ferrymead Museum — Historic' park, transport and technological museum. Features include tram, train and railcar rides to the “Early Township.” Open daily 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Admission, $2 adults, $1.20 children, family ticket $6. Situated at 269 Bridle Path Road, Heathcote, along Ferry Road and first turn after Ferrymead Bridge. (3) bus.

Yaldhurst Transport Museum — Outside Yaldhurst Hotel, Main West Road, -12 km from Christchurch. Displays of rare old vehicles and machinery including fire-engines, steam engines and aircraft. One of finest collections of horse-drawn vehicles in Southern Hemisphere. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission, $2 adults, 75c children. Phone 427-914.

Lyttelton Historical Museum — Gladstone Quay. Displays include a maritime gallery, an Antarctic gallery and colonial Lyttelton. Open Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Special hours arranged for organised parties, phone Lyttelton 8972.

ART GALLERIES AND ARTS CENTRE Robert McDougall Art Gallery — Behind the Canterbury Museum in the Botanic Gardens.Open 10 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. weekdays and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekends and'public holidays. Moore and West Dean Tapestry exhibition until January 24. “Satire in Print” exhibition until February 21. Sculpture by Bing Dawes until January 17. Children’s pro-: gramme “Sound and Prance” at 2 p.m. on Wednesdays until January 27. Also dance, poetry and music. For further information phone 791-660. Canterbury Society of Arts — 66 Gloucester Street. Closed until January 5, then open week-days and week-ends from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. until January 20 when normal times resume. Exhibitions: Stone Sculpture by Graeme East, paintings by Richard Edmonds and photographs by Peter Bannan, all to January 21; paintings by New Zealand artists between January 15 and 21. Arts Centre - Old university site, Worcester Street. The nineteenth century neo-gothic buildings, spread over 5% acres, houses community and cultural organisations, including the Court Theatre, the new Southern Ballet Theatre, the Academy Cinema, Gingko print workshop and gallery, a specialist bookshop, two restaurants, a pottery workshop, and a craft workshop. Events such as recitals and children’s programmes are listed each week at the main entrance, under the clock tower in Worcester Street. Tours available, phone 60-989. Artists’ Quarter — Corner of Montreal Street and Oxford Terrace. Sale of New Zealand craftwork, all hand-made, including pottery, leatherwork, woodwork, weaving. Demonstrations of leadlight glass-making. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. week-days; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. ■ Closed on statutory holidays. Phone 794-079. CITY LIBRARY Main Library — Cambridge Terrace. Closed until hew library opens at the corner of Oxford Terrace and Gloucester Street on January 11.

PARKS, GARDENS AND RESERVES ' Botanic Gardens — Estab-. lished 1863: 30 hectares. Entrance Rolleston Avenue, near Canterbury Museum. Hours: 7 a.m. to sunset. Hagley Park — 148.40 hectares. Many lovely river walks. Deans Bush and Homestead — Only big area of native bush in the city. Entrance Kauri Street, Riccarton. Historic early homestead built by the Deans Brothers in 1843. Riccarton (8) bus to Rimu Street. Millbrook Reserve — Noted for displays of azaleas and thododendrons, adjoins Hagley Park, off Helmores Lane. Mona Vale - Reserve and reception centre, 800 metres from city centre, Fendalton Road. Lakelets, fountains and exotic trees surround “Elizabethan” mansion. Open daily 8 am. to 6.30 p.m. Fendalton (9) bus. Victoria Park - Cashmere Hills. A half-mile walk from the Sign of the Takahe. Cashmere Hills (2T) bus. BEACHES Christchurch has a number of easily accessible beaches which are safe for swimming — North Beach, 10km east (19) bus; South Brighton, 10km east (SS) bus; Sumner, 11km south-east (3) bus; Waimairi, 10km north-east (19) bus; New Brighton, Bkm (5) bus. ; Lyttelton Harbour beaches Corsair Bay, Governor’s Bay,-. Charteris Bay, Diamond- Harhour, Purau. SWIMMING POOLS Centennial - Entrance from Armagh Street. ' Phone 68-917. Hours: Monday to Thursday'.-?/; a.m. to 8.30 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to'6 k p.m.; Sunday and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 4.45 p.m. < • '.j . Queen Elizabeth II Park Travis Road, ..North New Brighton. Phone 886-079 to check hours of various pools. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Jellie Park Lido — Ilam Road, Burnside. Fendalton Withells Road (9W) bus. Phone 518-774. Hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday and public holidays, 12 noon to 6.30 p.m. Wharenui Pool — Elizabeth Street, Riccarton. Wharenui (25) bus. Phone 486-488. Hours: daily 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. public holidays, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday adults only 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.; Friday family evening, 7.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Sockburn Park — Main South Road, Sockburn. Hornby (8H) bus. Pool has grassed areas, barbecues, play equipment and trampolines. Phone 41-344. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; • Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; public holidays 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Halswell Swimming Centre — Halswell Road, vicinity of Halswell Tavern. Midland bus from Midland depot in Lichfield Street, except week-ends. Pool has grassed areas, barbecues, play equipment, and trampolines. • Phone 228-198. Hours: Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., 7 p.m. to' 8 p.m.; Saturdays and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.: Sundays 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Waltham Park Lido — Corner of Wilsons Road and Waltham Road. St Martins (12) bus. Phone 60-725. Hours: Monday to Thursday 10 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.; Sundays and public holidays, 1 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Woolston Park — Ferry Road, Woolston. Sumner (3), Woolston (3W) or Mount Pleasant (23) buses. Phone 893-720. Hours: Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., 6.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, 10 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Papanui Swimming Pool — Winters Road. Phone 527-624 for hours.

Templeton Pool — Kirk Road, Templeton. Pool has grassed areas, barbecues, play equipment and trampolines. Hours: Monday to Saturday, 10 am. to 5 p.m; and 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturdays,, Sundays and public holidays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.